Where: Libya (32.6° N, 21.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 17.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Slonta Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• The Slonta Formation consists of beige-white, hard or porous limestones, in places chalky and cavernous with some chalky marls. At its type section the Eocene section is 60 m (197 ft) thick. The collection is from the lower part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, white limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: No detailed collection data reported.
Primary reference: E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 42139: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinolampas cherichiensis sea urchin | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Archaeolithothamnion maughini" = Sporolithon
"Archaeolithothamnion maughini" = Sporolithon | |
Foraminifera | |
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica
"Textularia agglutinans" = Textularia jurassica Guembel 1862 | |
Globothalamea | |